Near Craigavon test centre
Rated demanding from its real manoeuvre load, 20 roundabouts and 32 turns across 74 navigation steps.
This is an independent 15.2 km practice loop near Craigavon test centre, taking roughly 14 min to drive. It is NOT an official DVSA examiner route, the DVSA does not publish those, but it uses the same local roads and junction types an examiner is likely to choose.
Along the way you'll meet Carn Roundabout, Highfield Roundabout, Mandeville Roundabout, Lisnisky Roundabout and Hospital Roundabout. Knowing the approach, lane and exit at each one before you arrive is the difference between a planned manoeuvre and a last-second reaction, and last-second reactions are where avoidable faults come from.
On this route you’ll practise multiple roundabouts, independent driving and sustained concentration. Driving it a few times before your test builds the muscle memory that frees up attention for observation and decision-making on the day.
The loop is anchored by 7 catalogued landmarks, including named junctions, shops and churches, so you can navigate it from recognisable features rather than a memorised turn list. Rehearsing it in this way means that on test day the area already feels familiar, and your attention is free for the traffic rather than the map.
Whatever the route, your practical test follows the same national shape: an eyesight check, a couple of vehicle-safety questions, around forty minutes of general driving, one reversing manoeuvre chosen by the examiner, and roughly twenty minutes of independent driving following signs or a sat-nav. Practising on roads like these is how you make each of those elements feel routine rather than new.
Treat this route as practice, not a script. The value is not in repeating one fixed sequence but in getting comfortable with the road types, speed changes and junction patterns of the area around Craigavon test centre, so that whatever order your examiner chooses on the day, none of it is unfamiliar. Drive it a few times, focus on smooth observation and planning, and it becomes one more stretch of road you already know, which is exactly the kind of preparation that turns nerves into confidence.
If you are practising with a supervising driver rather than an instructor, take it steadily: agree the manoeuvre spots in advance, keep to a comfortable pace, and stop to talk through anything that felt rushed. And remember the basics that apply on every road, mirrors before any change of speed or direction, signals in good time, and a following distance that gives you room to react. Those habits travel with you long after the test is passed.
What you’ll actually do on this loop, counted from its turn-by-turn directions.
This route helps you practise:
The full 74-step drive on real, named roads (about 17.9 km). An indicative practice loop, not an official DVSA route — the roads and junctions are real, the sequence is a rehearsal.
Drive northwest on Divinity Drive.
Divinity Drive172 m
Turn left onto Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road606 m
Enter Carn Roundabout and take the 1st exit.
Carn Roundabout9 m
Exit the roundabout.
98 m
Take the A3 ramp on the right towards craigavon centre/lurgan/portadown/armagh.
104 m
Take the A3 ramp on the right towards craigavon centre/lurgan/portadown/armagh.
A3368 m
Keep right to take A3/Kernan Loop.
A3127 m
Keep left to stay on A3/Kernan Loop.
A3319 m
Take the exit on the right.
A373 m
Turn right onto A3/Northway.
A31.8 km
Keep straight to take A3/Central Way.
A3300 m
Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto A3/Central Way.
38 m
Exit the roundabout onto A3/Central Way.
A3352 m
Enter Central Roundabout and take the 4th exit.
Central Roundabout334 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road417 m
Enter Highfield Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Roundabout137 m
Exit the roundabout onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Road206 m
Turn left onto Drumnagoon Road.
Drumnagoon Road93 m
Keep left to stay on Drumnagoon Road.
Drumnagoon Road21 m
Turn left onto Carnreagh.
Carnreagh87 m
Turn left to stay on Carnreagh.
Carnreagh55 m
Turn right to stay on Carnreagh.
Carnreagh112 m
Turn right onto Carnreagh Park.
Carnreagh Park67 m
Turn left to stay on Carnreagh Park.
Carnreagh Park178 m
Turn left to stay on Carnreagh Park.
Carnreagh Park74 m
Turn right to stay on Carnreagh Park.
Carnreagh Park112 m
Turn left onto Carnreagh.
Carnreagh54 m
Turn right to stay on Carnreagh.
Carnreagh86 m
Turn right onto Drumnagoon Road.
Drumnagoon Road115 m
Turn right onto Highfield Road.
Highfield Road201 m
Enter Highfield Roundabout and take the 3rd exit.
Highfield Roundabout134 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road98 m
Keep left to stay on Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road444 m
Enter Mandeville Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Roundabout89 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road76 m
Keep right to stay on Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road398 m
Enter Lisnisky Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Kernan Hill Road/U1361.
Lisnisky Roundabout81 m
Exit the roundabout onto Kernan Hill Road/U1361.
Kernan Hill Road173 m
Turn left onto Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor105 m
Turn left to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor40 m
Turn right to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor65 m
Turn right to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor90 m
Turn right to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor7 m
Make a right U-turn to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor7 m
Turn left to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor90 m
Turn left to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor65 m
Turn left to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor40 m
Turn right to stay on Kernan Hill Manor.
Kernan Hill Manor105 m
Turn right onto Kernan Hill Road/U1361.
Kernan Hill Road171 m
Enter Lisnisky Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Lisnisky Roundabout83 m
Exit the roundabout onto Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road310 m
Keep right to stay on Mandeville Road/A27.
Mandeville Road56 m
Enter Hospital Roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Kernan Road.
Hospital Roundabout46 m
Exit the roundabout onto Kernan Road.
Kernan Road668 m
Turn right onto Seagoe Road/B2.
Seagoe Road84 m
Keep right to stay on Seagoe Road/B2.
Seagoe Road667 m
Keep left to stay on Seagoe Road/B2.
Seagoe Road152 m
Keep left to stay on B2.
B2436 m
Exit the roundabout onto Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road831 m
Keep left to stay on Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road29 m
Turn left onto Charlestown New Road/B2.
Charlestown New Road104 m
Keep left to stay on Charlestown New Road/B2.
Charlestown New Road147 m
Keep right to stay on B2.
B2697 m
Turn right onto Carbet Road.
Carbet Road340 m
Turn right to stay on Carbet Road.
Carbet Road1.0 km
Turn right onto Drumnagoon Road.
Drumnagoon Road539 m
Move right onto Carn Road.
Carn Road351 m
Turn right onto Charlestown New Road/B2. Continue on B2.
B2949 m
Turn right onto Carbet Road.
Carbet Road52 m
Turn right.
972 m
Turn right onto Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road93 m
Keep right to stay on Carn Road/B2.
Carn Road157 m
Turn left onto Divinity Drive.
Divinity Drive172 m
You have arrived at your destination.
Directions for the Craigavon · Residential practice loop loop. Always drive to the road and conditions you see, not the list — signs, signals and other traffic take priority.
These are the real named features along the loop, straight from our route catalogue. Use them to recognise where you are and to anticipate the hazard each one brings, not to memorise a fixed order.
Decide your lane and exit on the approach to each of these, get set up early.
Useful navigation anchors on the loop.
Frequent stop-start traffic and pedestrians, keep your speed down.
Multiple roundabouts
Watch your lane discipline and signalling at Carn Roundabout, Highfield Roundabout, Mandeville Roundabout. Get into the correct lane early and check your exit mirror before leaving.
Navigate by these 7 catalogued landmarks rather than a memorised turn list, an indicative loop, not an official DVSA route.
Carn Roundabout
Start near Carn Roundabout.
Highfield Roundabout
Continue to Highfield Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Mandeville Roundabout
Continue to Mandeville Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Lisnisky Roundabout
Continue to Lisnisky Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Chipped
Continue to Chipped.
Hospital Roundabout
Continue to Hospital Roundabout, taking the junction with good observation.
Ballinacor Methodist Church
Finish back near Ballinacor Methodist Church, completing the loop.
34 roundabouts · 9 turns
26 roundabouts · 11 turns
22 roundabouts · 19 turns
4 roundabouts · 3 turns
This route is 15.2 km and takes about 14 min to drive at a steady learner pace. It is an independent practice loop near Craigavon test centre, not an official DVSA route.